Students of the Rabindra University, Bangladesh held a press conference, demanding the construction of permanent campus of the university, at Shahzadpur in Sirajganj on Thursday.
Even though years have passed since its establishment, the government has not allocated any taka for the construction of a permanent campus for the university, said a press release.
Mentioning that some universities, even though they were established after Rabindra University, received funds to build their own campuses, the students said that they were hopeful that the government that came to power at the cost of the lives of a large number of students would not waste time in resolving the endless suffering of Rabindra University students.
But we are extremely saddened, disappointed and angry, they added.
After amending the DPP seven times in a row, the Rabindra University administration presented the latest DPP of Tk 519.15 crore keeping in mind the expenditure reduction policy of the current government, which was discussed in the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council held on May 7 at the planning department.
The ECNEC meeting was chaired by the chief adviser Muhammad Yunus not only talked about establishing the university named after Rabindranath Tagore, but also emphasised that this university should be established as a university of international standards by showing due respect to the name of the poet and improving its quality.
They also mentioned that environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan visited Buri Potajia in Shahzadpur and visited the campus on June 16 and submitted a report.
Despite the positive attitude of the chief adviser and the visit of Rizwana Hasan and several ECNEC meetings have been held, there is a concern as to whether the permanent campus construction project of Rabindra University, Bangladesh is not included in the agenda, they stressed.
The government has not given us any explanation as to why or for what reason this is happening, they said.
But a university, especially a public university, cannot function like this, they said, warning that they would be on the streets until the project for the permanent campus of Rabindra University is approved.